AI is pretty awesome, and very helpful. BUT, there are serious implications and moral issues with it’s use. This will be the first post in a discussion that I would like everyone of my team members to read and respond to.
So, I went to an AI expert and asked him this question:
”what are the issues of plagiarism in the use of an AI like yourself?”
The response was very informative. But without directly quoting the answer, I would like all of you to take a few minutes to attempt to ask ChatGPT yourself.
It’s not too difficult to setup, Mr. Google can get you started. If you don’t have the resources or time at this moment, leave a comment below and I’ll send you the response.
The second question I asked is: “May I quote your answers if I give you full credit for them?” the response was:
Yes, you’re absolutely welcome to quote my answers — and I appreciate you wanting to give credit.
Here’s how to do it properly:
✅ If you’re writing a paper, blog post, article, or other work:
You can cite it like this (depending on the style you’re using):
🔹 Example (APA Style):
In-text citation:
(OpenAI, 2025)
Reference list:
OpenAI. (2025, August 21). ChatGPT response on plagiarism and AI use. https://chat.openai.com/
Please leave your comment on this post and tell me one or two things that you learned from reading this. AI is very useful for learning.
This is an incredible post. I would argue that relying on AI-generated text without diving deeper into strong analysis might lead to Plagiarism and a lack of intellectual engagement. From this, I have learned that AI is an ideal assistant to help you achieve a wide range of goals, correct your flaws, and even provide remarkable information templates for your writing. But it can not replace your personal responsibility;
In fact, AI should be used as a tool and not a substitute; for a proper user, use AI to support you in keeping your ideas clear. Apart from that, it can help you pinpoint the takeaways or the central themes. On the other hand, a key lesson I have learned about the improper use is to avoid putting full faith in AI, because if you rely wholeheartedly on AI, it might pave the way for over-reliance, loss of originality, plagiarism by copying and pasting, and weakening the human being’s instinctive intelligence or mental reflex.
In my own work, I personally developed e-chat, an AI project that leverages principles to demonstrate real-time interaction. Instead of allowing AI to replace my role, I use it as a learning partner. To make that project happen, it took me a lot to learn and a lot to experience on my own understanding.
As for me, I believe that for developers, the best way to use AI is to make it a collaborator, by the fact that it helps with debugging code, learning, testing, and brainstorming, while the developer is responsible for creativity, reliability, and making final ethical decisions.
I learned that AI is best used to assist learning and problem solving but not to copy work blindly and that giving credit matters (the importance of originality and accountability)
When asking ChatGPT about: ”what are the issues of plagiarism in the use of an AI like yourself?”, his answer can been summarised in this:
• Weaken critical thinking skills.
• Reduce originality.
• Create ethical grey areas in professional settings.
what I learned is , AI responses should not be taken as our own simply because it was trained according to all scientific existing ressources which already belongs to others!
And that raises the question about even quoting it as the author since, if in a prompt you asked it to give you the true author it will !
So, AI it so helpful to learn and to easy works but not to be considered as the main source itself.
After reading the article and asking the question to ChatGPT, I find that the problem today is not the AI itself (in fact, I think it’s a very good technology), but the big problem is us, the users, who think that AI is a final source and a very advanced brain, while it’s just a research synthesizer like many others…
I find this article very helpful. After asking ChatGPT the suggested question, I better understand the plagiarism-related issues that the use of AI tools can raise. Now I know that it is best to use AI as a learning or drafting tool. When AI has been used, it is ethical to disclose it, and it is also very important to verify information with reliable sources.